Investor Relations

The private equity giant is understood to be aiming to raise more capital from insurers as they seek bigger allocations to private markets.

Partner and head of IR Pär Norberg will step down from his role, while the firm's EMEA IR head will leave after a period of maternity leave.

A well-thought-out strategy can put you first in line as the partner of choice for your favourite GPs, according to participants at PEI's latest sponsored co-investment roundtable.

The Paris-headquartered firm has opened its fourth regional office to capture additional private wealth inflows and local investment opportunities, Bruno de Pampelonne, executive chairman of Asia, tells PEI.

Through a value-add approach, GP stakes investors can help managers achieve their long-term objectives faster and with greater certainty, says Melvin Hibberd, CIO of Hunter Point Capital.

As private equity firms increasingly institutionalise and become more complex, investor relations professionals are seeing their roles expand and their status rise.

Trust can sometimes trump price in Japanese PE dealmaking, say T Capital Partners’ Koji Sasaki, Shunichiro Nakagawa and Kazutaka Komori.

A disconnect exists between GPs and LPs on the use of financing tools such as NAV loans and continuation funds.

The pros and cons of in-house versus outsourced capital raising was debated at PEI’s Investor Relations forum this week.